The United States Forest Service, a federal agency entrusted with managing 78 M hectares of national forestlands under a broad multiple-use mandate, has seen recent shifts in policy direction emphasizing ecological restoration, consideration of climate change impacts, and a focus on managing for resilient landscapes. The process of revising the comprehensive plans guiding national forest management presents opportunities to reorient objectives, activities, and commitments toward these goals. Here we analyze case studies of three national forests that have completed the forest plan revision process since 2014: the Francis Marion National Forest in coastal South Carolina, the Kaibab National Forest in northern Arizona, and the Rio Grande National Forest in southern Colorado. We analyze plan revision participants’ perspectives on the opportunities and barriers to reorienting national forest management toward resilient landscapes and the broader political, social, and institutional factors that influence these dynamics. Key opportunities included better promoting resilient landscape objectives by revising fire management guidelines, incorporating scientific data and modeling from multiple agency and non-agency partners, and building opportunities for adaptive management via long-term trust networks. Major barriers included inconsistent higher-level support for resilience objectives, an emphasis on meeting narrow quantitative performance targets, and under-investments in monitoring.

美国林务局是一个联邦机构，受托管理 7800 万公顷的国家林地，具有广泛的多用途授权，最近在政策方向上发生了变化，强调生态恢复、考虑气候变化影响，并侧重于管理有弹性的林地。风景。修订指导国家森林管理的综合计划的过程为重新调整目标、活动和承诺以实现这些目标提供了机会。在这里，我们分析了自 2014 年以来完成森林计划修订过程的三个国家森林的案例研究：南卡罗来纳州沿海的弗朗西斯马里恩国家森林、亚利桑那州北部的凯巴布国家森林和科罗拉多州南部的里奥格兰德国家森林。我们分析了计划修订参与者对将国家森林管理重新定位为弹性景观的机会和障碍的看法，以及影响这些动态的更广泛的政治、社会和制度因素。主要机会包括通过修订火灾管理指南、整合来自多个机构和非机构合作伙伴的科学数据和模型，以及通过长期信任网络为适应性管理创造机会来更好地促进具有复原力的景观目标。主要障碍包括对弹性目标的高层支持不一致，强调满足狭隘的量化绩效目标，以及监测投资不足。和影响这些动态的制度因素。主要机会包括通过修订火灾管理指南，整合来自多个机构和非机构合作伙伴的科学数据和模型，以及通过长期信任网络为适应性管理创造机会，更好地促进具有复原力的景观目标。主要障碍包括对弹性目标的高层支持不一致，强调满足狭隘的量化绩效目标，以及监测投资不足。和影响这些动态的制度因素。主要机会包括通过修订火灾管理指南、整合来自多个机构和非机构合作伙伴的科学数据和模型，以及通过长期信任网络为适应性管理创造机会来更好地促进具有复原力的景观目标。主要障碍包括对弹性目标的高层支持不一致，强调满足狭隘的量化绩效目标，以及监测投资不足。